Ujjaini Mukherjee (Bengali: উজ্জ্বয়িনী মুখোপাধ্যায়, Hindi: उज्जैनी मुखर्जी) is an Indian singer.[1] Born on the 3rd of September to a Bengali family in Kolkata to Manas Mukherjee and Sima Mukherjee (nee Banerjee), Ujjaini was introduced to music by her parents at the age of two and a half years, eventually progressing to train in Hindustani Classical Music under the guidance of Ajoy Chakrabarty and then Pt. Biresh Roy for many years.

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At age 10, Ujjaini received her first award from Vijay Kichlu and it was during her early teens that she decided to become a playback singer and performer. Her first recording was for the brilliant composer Debojyoti Mishra.

This piece of success was immediately followed by a bigger one, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, where Ujjaini grabbed the winning trophy along with Aishwarya Nigam. Since then there has been no looking back for her as almost all the film industries in the country approached her and as a result, Ujjaini has sung in many languages like Hindi, Bengali, English, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Kannad, Telugu, Assamese, Odia.

Some of Ujjaini's own singles available on YouTube are "Aay Srabon"[1] 2013 "Saajan Gaye Pardes"[2] 2014 and "Nishi Raat Baanka Chand"[3] 2016, a huge recent hit which she released to pay her tribute to the legendary singer Geeta Dutt on her 86th birth anniversary. Out of these, "Saajan Gaye Pardes" remains one of the best work by Ujjaini as she herself wrote, composed and sang the song.

At the 2018 Mirchi Music Awards Bangla Ujjaini's Durga Puja special album in 2017 "Muhurto" (Moments) garnered nominations for Song Of The Year, Music Composer Of The Year, Lyricist Of The Year in the "Adhunik" (Modern) categories and also, Ujjaini's film song from Ebong Kiriti earned her a nomination for the best Female Vocalist Of The Year.

Out of all the songs that Ujjaini has sung, a special mention goes to "Devotee" [50], the track from the album "Maya (A Tribute To Ravi Shankar)" an internationally acclaimed album by the legendary Bickram Ghosh. Another mention goes for the Durga Puja special album "Bondhu... Thakish Pashe" in 2016 which was initiated by Geet Entertainment by bringing together Ujjaini and Rupankar Bagchi, the best names in Bengali music to recreate the magic of the old times in a new age as the songs of the album had a beautiful melodious feel of the old times to them and also, it was another attempt to relive the time without digital piracy and promote original music by releasing it only on physically available CDs. In 2017, Ujjaini collaborated with Ashu Abhishek [51], the new age composer duo for her Durga Puja special album "Muhurto" and it had a fully digital release under the label of Asha Audio. Ujjaini has sung numerous Non Film songs including title tracks for TV serials, a few of them have been assembled below :-